B. Insert the proper words and write the questions.
e.g. My favorite brand is ….
What is your favorite brand?
1) I like dealing with ….
What …?
2) We usually go to … for our holidays.
Where …?
3) She prepared the … for a newspaper.
What …?
4) I bought …
What …?
5) My boss can … really well.
What…?
6) I’m going to start driving lessons in …
When …?
7) They were late for a job ... last week.
How many times?
C. Makewho-orwhat-questions.
1) You were talking to someone.
2) Somebody gave me the credit card.
3) This report belongs to somebody.
4) I borrowed the money from somebody.
5) My boss telephoned me.
6) I am worried about my colleagues.
7) Somebody works in that office.
8) My brother sold his shares.
9) They have invited many guests to the business meeting.
10) My colleague told me about a new contract.
D. Make up tag questions.
1) You don’t like interviews.
2) She arrived yesterday.
3) This company is very famous.
4) She’s gone home.
5) He’s got no money at the moment.
6) You’re always forgetting your office password.
7) She didn’t like a new employee, when she met him.
8) We’ll go to a business trip next week.
E. Make an embedded question or a new sentence from the question in brackets.
1) (Where has Tom gone?) Do you know where Tom has gone?
2) (Where is the post office?) Could you tell me where …?
3) (What time does the conference begin?) I wonder …?
4) (What does this report mean?) I would like to know …?
5) (What time did the boss leave?) Do you know …?
6) (Is Sue busy tonight?) I don’t know ….
7) (Where does Carol work?) Have you any idea …?
8) (Where did I leave my cell phone?) I can’t remember ….
9) (Why didn’t Kay come to the business lunch?) I don’t know …
10) (How far is it to the airport?) Can you tell me …?
SPEAKING
A. You are going to interview your partner in order to complete a similar pie-chart how he/she spends his/her time. First spend a few minutes preparing for the interview. Think about:
v the questions you will ask your partner to find out how he/she spends his/her time.
v any special vocabulary you need to describe your interests.
Work in pairs. Interview your partner and draw his/her pie-chart. You’re going to tell the rest of the class about your partner, so find out as much as you can.
B. Look at the pictures. Discuss with your partner what questions in the box below can be asked in situations a-f. Add two or three questions to each situation and role-play small dialogues.
| 1) What’s your date of birth? | 7) Where are you from? |
| 2) How long are you going to stay? | 8) What time is it? |
| 3) Where is the nearest (bank)? | 9) Can I help you? |
| 4) Which part of (Russia) are you from? | 10) Do you speak English? |
| 5) Sorry, could you repeat that please? | 11) How do you spell …? |
| 6) Can we have the bill, please? | 12) Anything else? |
VOCABULARY 2: WORK DUTIES
A. Study the following.
What do you do?
People may ask you about your job. They can ask and you can answer in different ways:
| What do you do? What's your job? What do you do for a living? | I'm (+ job) a banker/an engineer/a teacher/a builder I work in (+ place or general area) a bank/marketing I work for (+ name of company) Union Bank, Fiat |
NB'Work' is usually an uncountable noun, so you cannot say 'a work'. If you want to use the indefinite article you must say ‘a job’, e.g. She hasn't got a job at the moment.
What does that involve? = What do you do in your job?
When people ask you to explain your work/job, they may want to know your main responsibilities, or something about your daily routine. They can ask like this: What does that (i.e. your job) involve?
Main responsibilities
I'm in charge of all deliveries out of the factory.
I have to deal with any complaints.
I run the coffee bar and restaurant in the museum.
Daily duties/routines
I have to attend a lot of meetings.
I visit/see/meet clients. I advise clients.
It involves doing quite a lot of paperwork.
Pay
Most workers are paid every month and this pay goes directly into their bank account. It is called a salary. We can express the same idea using the verb to earn:
My salary is $60,000 a year. = I earn $60,000 a year.
With many jobs you get holiday pay and sick pay (when you are ill). If you want to ask about holidays, you can say: How much holiday do you get? orHow many weeks' holiday do you get?
The total amount of money you receive in a year is called your income. This could be your salary from one job, or the salary from two different jobs you have. And on this income you have to pay part to the government - called income tax.
Working hours
For many people in Britain, these are 8.30-9.00 a.m. to 5.00-5.30 p.m. Consequently people often talk about a nine-to-five job. Some people have flexi-time; and some have to do shiftwork. Some people also work overtime. Some people are paid to do/work overtime, others are not paid.